One of the ways writers can get ideas is by making a list. In class,
we read Jamaica Kincaid’s essay, Girl, which is a list of do’s and
don’ts, an outline of the expectations and rules she was taught about
being a girl. It begins, “Wash the white clothes on Monday and put
them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them
on the clothesline to dry; don’t walk barehead in the hot sun…”

Mimicking Kincaid’s style, write your own list essay about the things
you’ve heard or been taught about gender and sexuality. In other
words, finish the following: Women should… Women should not… or Men
should… Men should not. These might be rules or expectations you
learned from your family, formal education, religion, politics, the
media, your experiences, and so on. When we make zines, you might
choose your favorites and remix them into zine pages.